Grant Sanderson (@3blue1brown) — Past, present, & future of mathematics

I had a lot of fun chatting with Grant Sanderson (who runs the excellent 3Blue1Brown YouTube channel) about:
- Whether advanced math requires AGI
- What careers should mathematically talented students pursue
- Why Grant plans on doing a stint as a high school teacher
- Tips for self teaching
- Does Godel’s incompleteness theorem actually matter
- Why are good explanations so hard to find?
- And much more
Watch on YouTube (youtu.be/oDyviiN4NVo). Listen on Spotify (open.spotify.com/episode/0u05TKwP8pozY4ojY4e0f…), Apple Podcasts (podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grant-sanderson-…), or any other podcast platform. Full transcript here (dwarkeshpatel.com/i/137883930/transcript).
Timestamps
(0:00:00) - Does winning math competitions require AGI?
(0:08:24) - Where to allocate mathematical talent?
(0:17:34) - Grant’s miracle year
(0:26:44) - Prehistoric humans and math
(0:33:33) - Why is a lot of math so new?
(0:44:44) - Future of education
(0:56:28) - Math helped me realize I wasn’t that smart
(0:59:25) - Does Godel’s incompleteness theorem matter?
(1:05:12) - How Grant makes videos
(1:10:13) - Grant’s math exposition competition
(1:20:44) - Self teaching

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